Pumpkin Roundup

It’s time to whip up all those pumpkin treats you’ve been longing for all summer long! Ahhhh…pumpkin season has arrived! This is my favorite season to bake. Pumpkin anything and everything are always on my list. Pumpkin bread, scones, pancakes, cakes, soup, muffins, cookies…the list goes on and on! Just thinking about pumpkin makes my mouth water! Growing up in Columbus, Ohio, every fall we would go to the Circleville Pumpkin Show. A whole festival dedicated to my favorite fall fruit! It was one of my favorite things about fall. We would make our way around the giant pumpkins weighing over 1,600 pounds, 14 feet wide pumpkin pies, parades, marching bands and of course every pumpkin food you could think of! Since moving to Peoria, I was surprised to learn that I lived very close to Morton, Illinois-the Pumpkin Capital of the World! Morton is home of Nestle/Libby’s pumpkin packing plant. According to the University of Illinois, 90 percent of the pumpkins grown in the United States are raised within a 90-mile radius of Peoria, Illinois. About 5,000 acres of the farm land is devoted to producing the pumpkins used for Libby’s Pumpkin. With my love of anything pumpkin, I am beginning to think that Peoria is a great place for me to be! I was super excited to hear that the annual Morton Pumpkin Festival starts today and runs through Saturday. I know where we will be this weekend!

I want to share with you some of my favorite pumpkin recipes that I posted last fall before I start with a new round of pumpkin recipes. Do you love Pumpkin recipes as much as I do?

These tender, flaky Pumpkin Buttermilk Biscuits are wonderful for an autumn breakfast or even for Thanksgiving dinner! The pumpkin puree gives these biscuits a beautiful golden color and moist crumb, making them an amazing alternative to the boring dinner roll.

Warm bread pudding made with pumpkin bread and pumpkin puree is sure to be a hit with any pumpkin lover in your house. Filled with rum soaked golden raisins and topped with a dollop of cinnamon whipped cream and a drizzling of a butter rum glaze. With all the flavors of a pumpkin pie, it doesn’t get any better than this!

With their crinkly tops and a dusting of cinnamon sugar, these chewy pumpkin cookies are sure to become a fall favorite. These soft, and chewy cookies are rolled in cinnamon and sugar before baking to produce a scrumptious crinkly sugar crust.

I hope you enjoyed my pumpkin roundup! I would love to hear how any of the recipes turn out for you! Drop me a comment and let me know here or you can even upload a picture over on the Facebook Fan Page for Sweet Pea’s Kitchen!

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51 Responses to “Pumpkin Roundup”

I just looked up the Pumpkin Show website and I will actually be in Ohio then!!! I’ll have to see if I can convince my family to take a trip to Circleville! And everything looked delicious! I have a pumpkin gingerbread recipe that is my all time fall favorite, pumpkin pancakes come in at 2nd place.

Pumpkins EVERYWHERE!! My mouth is watering By the way…I’m going to a “fall bbq” next week and I was asked to bring something sweet. Problem is…I do not currently have an oven in my little “bachelorette” pad. Any suggestions of a no bake treat that would be a sure fire hit to bring?

You are SERIOUS! OMG is all I can say. My jaw dropped to the ground when I saw all these recipes. I want to make ALL of them. Holy cow those look good!!! I don’t even know where to begin!! But I will….oh I will…..

Oh, you must go to the Morton Pumpkin Festival! I am originally from Washington, IL (just moved to Ohio a little over a year ago.) We would go every year! The pumpkin pancakes on Saturday morning are delicious – just have to get there early to avoid waiting in line for an hour plus. Also, the pumpkin donuts are fantastic, and the pumpkin ice cream. And the pumpkin chili. Heh. I guess everything.

My husband & I are actually going home to visit this weekend for a 40th anniversary party and I am so glad it coincides with the Pumpkin fest! I will be running the 10km Saturday morning.

Elisabeth replied: — September 14th, 2011 @ 5:37 pm

Oh I had forgotten about pumpkin chili! I made some last year. Thanks for the reminder.

Pumpkin season makes me all giddy inside. I can’t wait to start cooking with it again! All of these recipes are making me drool…especially the pumpkin bars, roll, fudge and ice cream! Must make all of these soon.

I’m from Columbus, Ohio too! Go bucks! I plan on going to the Pumpkin show everyday it’s here! Their website features many pumpkin recipes! I want to make pumpkin burgers for the boyfriend. He lived right in the middle of Circleville. Great blog…so many recipes that I continue to share excitedly to all of my friends and family.

Thank you for sharing all of these wonderful pumpkin recipes! I will be making the pancakes this Saturday in honor of the pumpkin festival; this way I don’t have to stand in line! I absolutely LOVE the Morton pumpkin festival! My family is from East Peoria, IL and I have been going to the festival since I was a little girl =) I am a junior at the University of Illinois and I have gone home every year, including this one, for it. I need my yearly fix of pumpkin ice cream and pumpkin chili! I hope you have a wonderful time there this weekend! Happy Pumpkin-ing!

I can’t wait for fall either and all things pumpkin. Unfortunately, the small pumpkin I was actually able to harvest won’t be enough to make all of these scrumptious things!!!! I plan on working my way through this list.

I’m way behind on checking up on blogs that I’m just now seeing your new site–it looks amazing, Christina! I love it. And you’re killin’me with this pumpkin roundup. Everything looks SO good…can’t wait to start cooking/baking with pumpkin.

I can’t wait to try your pumpkin bars!! I’m a teacher in Peoria too and am going to make these for a fellow teacher’s birthday this week! Thanks for sharing all your delicious recipes…love your website!